Model Type | |
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combination: baking/brewing | |
Description | |
Breasted: 4. New York, Metropolitan Museum, 20.3.12 (Pl. 36a, 36b). Eleventh dynasty. Bakery and brewery in one building separated into two rooms by partition wall. Brewery: staff consists of seven figures. 1. Doorkeeper with baton; 2. Small man standing in vat treading dough; 3. Man pouring off liquid into crock; 4. Man kneading dough; 5. Man bruising grain with pestle; 6. Two women grinding grain into flour. This room is nearest entrance door. Thirteen figures comprise bakery staff: 1. Two men bruising grain with pestle; 2. Two women grinding grain into flour; 3. Two men each tending a different oven; 4. Two men mixing dough, each standing in a tall tub; 5. Man bruising grain with pestle; 6. Two men forming dough into cakes; 7. Two men each tending a round oven. Heads of men are shaven; they usually wear white skirts and are nude to waist. From tomb of Meketre, Deir el Bahari. Length: 73.2 cm. Winlock, MMA Bull., Dec., 1920, pt. II, p. 26, fig. 121 p. 21. | |
Site | |
Qurneh | |
Tomb | |
TT280 | |
Burial | |
Meketre | |
Museum | |
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York | |
Accession number | |
20.3.12 | |
Breasted Classification | |
II-4-1 PREPARATION AND PROCESSING OF FOOD - Model Scenes of Baking, Brewing, and Slaughtering. - Baking and brewing in same house or room. | |
Material | |
wood | |
Dimensions | |
Length 73.2 cm | |
References (Bibliography) | |
BreastedJnr-1948 , II-4-1 4, Pl. 36a, 36b | |
Tooley-1989 , p. 32 | |
Winlock-1920 , MMA Bull, Dec. 1920, pt. II, p. 26, fig. 121 p. 21 | |
Winlock-1955 , p. 25-29, 22,23,24, 64, 65 | |
Museum Online Record Card | |
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/544258
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Links to Images and Other Refs | |
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